Element Materials Technology has completed the purchase of TRaC Global in a deal that represents Element's largest single acquisition to date.This purchase expands Element aerospace footprint in Europe with the addition of six UK laboratories and capabilities in electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), vibration and environmental simulation, sa...

Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has announced its collaboration with Blu Wireless Technology to demonstrate wireless charging integrated with 60GHz WiGig data transmission."Between Blu Wireless' expertise in WiGig and IDT's in wireless power, we are developing a solution that keeps pace with demands in an age of massive multimed...

Said to be the industry's most energy friendly USB enabled MCUs, the Happy Gecko range from Silicon Labs is designed to deliver longer battery life and support energy harvesting.Said to be the industry's most energy friendly USB enabled MCUs, the Happy Gecko range from Silicon Labs is designed to deliver longer battery life and support...

MACOM Technology Solutions has launched the fourth generation of its gallium nitride on silicon (GaN on Si) technology and claims the development will deliver performance that rivals that of GaN on Silicon Carbide, but with a volume production cost less than that of LDMOS."Gen4 will unlock the full promise of GaN for mainstream commercial...

Microchip has unveiled the dsPIC33EP GS family of Digital Signal Controllers, which the company says will be able to support more sophisticated non-linear, predictive and adaptive control algorithms at higher switching frequencies."These higher frequencies will enable the development of much smaller power supplies," according to Mike...

Intel is to work with eASIC on the development of integrated products that combine processing performance and customisable hardware. According to the partners, the move will meet increasing demand for custom compute solutions for data centres and the cloud."Having the ability to customise our solutions for a given workload will not only ma...

IBM has announced what it calls a significant milestone in the development of silicon photonics technology. Its engineers have designed and tested a fully integrated wavelength multiplexed silicon photonics chip which supports data rates of up to 100Gbit/s."Making silicon photonics technology ready for widespread commercial use will help t...

Japanese photoresist specialist JSR is entering a partnership with Belgian research centre imec in a move intended to develop EUV lithography materials.As part of the deal, JSR will provide manufacturing technology, as well as an upgrade to the manufacturing and analytical equipment at its Belgian subsidiary. Imec, meanwhile, will provide exper...

Renesas Electronics has reported net sales for the year ended March 31 2015 of ¥791.1billion ($7.3bn), a 5% decrease compared to the previous year. According to the company, this was due mainly to a decrease in sales of drivers for small and medium sized displays in mobile handsets and consumer electronics devices.While sales into the autom...

In a move said to complement its printed circuit based solutions, Molex has acquired what it says are 'certain assets' of US based Soligie, which specialises in printed and flexible electronic solutions for applications in the medical, military, industrial, lighting and consumer sectors."Soligie's business expands our capabilit...